In 2002, Elliott earned his undergraduate degree in industrial engineering from Clemson, where he was a first-team Academic All-ACC selection as well as a CoSIDA Academic District III member. He was also a recipient of an ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship. Born in Watsonville, Calif., Elliott and his wife, Tamika, have two sons, A.J. and Ace. In December 2021, Tony Elliott became the 41st head football coach at the University of Virginia. Prior to that, Elliott spent 11 seasons as an assistant on Dabo Swinney’s staff at Clemson. In January of 2021, he was named the program’s assistant head coach and offensive coordinator. He previously served as the team’s co-offensive coordinator (2014-20) and the team’s running backs coach (2011-20). At Clemson, Elliott was a part of a 10-season stretch in which the Tigers won 10 or more games. Elliott was named the Frank Broyles Award recipient as the nation’s top assistant coach in 2017. Prior to returning to his alma mater, Elliott spent three seasons at Furman (2008-10) and two at South Carolina State (2006-07) coaching wide receivers at both schools. Prior to his coaching career he worked for Michelin North America for two years.